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G. E. Fussell

G. E. Fussell is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand G. E. Fussell rather than just read about it. In short: George Edwin Fussell, FRHistS (10 September 1889 – 1 January 1990) was an English agricultural historian. Life Fussell was born in Weymouth on 10 September 1889.

Key takeaways

G. E. Fussell belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect G. E. Fussell to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of G. E. Fussell from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

George Edwin Fussell, FRHistS (10 September 1889 – 1 January 1990) was an English agricultural historian.

Life Fussell was born in Weymouth on 10 September 1889. He was given a job as a boy clerk in the War Office in 1906 and three years later joined the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. In the 1920s, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture; here, he published his first scholarly articles, on the history of farm machinery, for the Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture. This began a prolific career as an agricultural historian; he wrote more than 20 books and 600 articles on the topic. At the time, little had been written about the subject and Fussell became its "pioneer", and an authority. He contributed to the journal Agricultural History. He eventually became Librarian to the Ministry of Agriculture and retired in 1949, but continued writing. He helped to establish the British Agricultural History Society in 1952. His contributions to the field were recognised in 1933 when he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and in 1970 when the University of Exeter conferred on him an honorary Doctor of Letters degree. He died on 1 January 1990 aged 100; his wife Kathleen Rosemary (née Turner), with whom he co-wrote or co-edited several works, survived him, as did their daughter.

Selected publications The Old English Farming Books, vol. 1 (C. Lockwood, 1947) Hugh Plat (1600) (Co-edited by G.E. and K. R. Fussell) Delightes for Ladies (London : Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1948) The English Rural Labourer (Batchworth Press, 1949). More Old English Farming Books (C. Lockwood, 1950). The Farmer's Tools (A. Melrose, 1952). The English Countryman (A. Melrose, 1953). The English Countrywoman (A. Melrose, 1955). (Co-authored with K. R. Fussell) The English Dairy Farmer, 1500–1900 (Frank Cass & Co., 1966). Farming Technique from Prehistoric to Modern Times (Pergamon Press, 1966). The Old English Farming Books, vol. 3 (Pindar Press, 1983).

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with G. E. Fussell

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what G. E. Fussell claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to G. E. Fussell before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about G. E. Fussell ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of G. E. Fussell

In research: G. E. Fussell appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses G. E. Fussell in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: G. E. Fussell is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1889 births, 1990 deaths, 20th-century English civil servants, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for G. E. Fussell outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is G. E. Fussell in simple terms?

George Edwin Fussell, FRHistS (10 September 1889 – 1 January 1990) was an English agricultural historian. Life Fussell was born in Weymouth on 10 September 1889.

Why does G. E. Fussell matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study G. E. Fussell?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

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